Jeffrey Sparks

Joined June 2022

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Adversity is kindling I choose to burn to keep my hands warm in winter ensuring my words will stretch beyond the years that turn my bones to dust.

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Don't Give In (Reach Out)
**This poem is dedicated to you Meghan, and everyone else out there who struggles with mental health daily.** Devise a new rocket
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do
Bungee from a bridge, base jump off cliffs. Take the risk of dying from one minor slip. Eat blowfish and hold venomous snakes.
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Black Birds
I have a gift I call it a quilt But it’s not a quilt, it’s a poem instead Please watch my words come together to serve as my thread
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Be At Peace
Breathe. Silence. Patience. Now grab my hand and follow me. The ocean wants to hear you speak. Remove the cachet to reveal your true self: no despair,
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Separation
If you did this to hurt me, thank you. If you did this to heal me, thank you. If you did this to heal yourself, thank you, for showing me what I couldn't see.
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Apocalyptic Endings
Ideas of persuasion What if scenarios of Alien invasions I watch brains get faded Gripped by fear of being invaded
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Gambler
I'd prefer not to know you're lying. I'd rather believe you are telling the truth. But instead, you ignore your job as the media and never report the news.
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
A Rose can be a Weapon
A rose can be a weapon if it is not picked to perfection. Any little thorn can provide a quick lesson if plucked incorrectly on a given day.
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Colors
What color am I When you open your eyes I used to be blue Like a warm July sky When you felt alone You’d let me right in
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
King of Hearts
When typical seems critical, cynical becomes permissible; that's when I know I'm falling again. Oddly enough, it leaves me disturbed, watching over and over as this repetition occurs; that's when I know I am falling again.
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Receding Tides
how does good go to bad/ how does amazing go to miserable/ how does happy go to sad/ in these trials of our lives/ everything can change in the blink of an eye/ whether it putting us at the top of the world/ or hanging us out to dry/ standing around waiting to die/ how do we step out of line and choose to decide/ decide how to get up after we fall/ and breaks these chains of depression/ that eventually shackle us all/
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets
Lifejacket
You saw my head go under water and hoped I’d be brave, when what I knew as my life, became rearranged. You allowed me to vent, and heard me complain, listened as I cried, and believed I could change.
By Jeffrey Sparks10 months ago in Poets

Jeffrey Sparks

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Don't Give In (Reach Out)

The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do

Black Birds

Be At Peace

Separation

Apocalyptic Endings

Gambler

A Rose can be a Weapon

Colors

King of Hearts

Receding Tides

Lifejacket

Stories (133/0)